Tag: periodization
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When the Plan Meets the Athlete: Autoregulation in Practice
Autoregulation adjusts training to the athlete in front of you rather than to numbers set weeks ago. This article covers the main methods, what the evidence supports, and the reporting distortion that quietly undermines every one of them.
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The Off-Season Is Not Optional
Skipping or shortening the off-season carries a measurable physiological cost. This article covers what the research on detraining shows, how much recovery time athletes actually need, and how to structure the off-season as its own periodized phase.
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The Taper Nobody Gets Right
Tapering is one of the most researched parts of competition preparation, and one of the most frequently mishandled. Here is what the evidence supports as a default, why a fixed formula still produces inconsistent results, and the adjustment most taper plans skip.
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The Lactate Threshold Myth: Why Most Coaches Set Training Zones Wrong
Lactate threshold is treated as a single number in most training plans, when it is actually two distinct physiological transitions. Here is what LT1 and LT2 represent, why the zone between them is commonly misclassified, and why zones need to move as an athlete adapts.
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Why You Can Do the Same Workout for Months and Stop Getting Results
Consistency is supposed to be the answer. But the most disciplined athletes often plateau hardest. Here’s what the SAID principle, progressive overload, and adaptation science say about why — and what to do about it.
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What Elite Coaches Do Differently (And Why Most Coaches Never Figure It Out)
What separates elite coaches from everyone else isn’t experience or talent — it’s systems. Four principles from peer-reviewed research that define world-class coaching practice.
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The 12-Week Athlete: What Happens When You Let Data Override the Plan
The athletes who improve most over 12 weeks aren’t the ones who follow the plan most faithfully — they’re the ones whose coaches adjust when the data says to. Here’s what the research shows.
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Afitpilot 2.0
The coach build of Afitpilot ships soon. Two-stage plan generation with the reasoning exposed, a 3,000+ exercise library with full enrichment metadata, sRPE and Hooper-Mackinnon readiness fed directly into the next regeneration, and a flat €89/month price that isn’t tied to your coaching revenue.
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When Is a Master Plan Finished? Lessons From a 12-Week Reset
My 12-week master plan didn’t end the way it was designed. Instead of peaking, reality forced a reset. In this post, I explore when a master plan is truly finished — by design, by purpose, or by reality — and how branching, resets, and exit criteria make training more adaptive.